Global AI Secures Enterprise Agentic AI Deployment with Fortune Global 500 Pharmaceutical Leader
Global AI Inc. announced a full‑scale production rollout of its Agentic AI Platform with a Fortune Global 500 pharmaceutical company. The solution now runs end‑to‑end across regulatory reporting and payroll functions, linking inventory, ERP, HR and finance systems into a unified, auditable data layer. By automating daily stock reporting, monthly compliance workflows and payroll, the deployment demonstrates that agentic AI can handle mission‑critical, highly regulated processes at enterprise scale. The partnership also creates a roadmap for extending the platform across the client’s global operations.
How Huntington Modernized without Touching the Core Ft. Qolo
Huntington National Bank partnered with payments platform Qolo to launch a virtual‑account‑based product called Connected Deposits, layering modern functionality over its legacy core. The solution creates sub‑accounts that behave like real bank accounts—complete with routing numbers, inbound wires and automated...
European Union Deep Tech Plan Too Late for Quantum Champions IQM and Pasqal
Europe’s two leading quantum‑computing firms, Finland’s IQM and France’s Pasqal, announced U.S. SPAC listings to secure the capital needed for next‑generation hardware. Their moves coincide with the European Commission’s rushed €3 bn (≈$3.2 bn) ScaleUp Europe fund, designed to keep late‑stage deep‑tech...
For U.S. Bank, Embedded Finance Was Step One. The Self-Reinforcing Model Is Step Two.
U.S. Bank launched a generative AI assistant on its developer portal in early 2026 to accelerate API integration, then closed its purchase of Amazon’s small‑business credit‑card portfolio and extended home‑improvement loan terms. These actions illustrate a shift toward an embedded‑finance...
Samsung to Invest $4 Billion in Chip Packaging Site in Vietnam
Samsung Electronics announced a $4 billion investment to build a chip‑packaging plant in Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam. The project will roll out in multiple phases, with an initial $2 billion tranche slated to start construction soon. The facility aims to boost Samsung’s...
XMax Advances AI Strategy Through Development and Deployment of An AI Inference Platform
XMax Inc., through its wholly‑owned subsidiary XMax AI, signed an agreement with Cloud Alliance Inc. to develop and deploy a cloud‑based AI inference platform on Amazon Web Services. The platform will deliver large‑model API access, intelligent routing, authentication, integrated payments,...
Renewable Natural Gas: What Investors Should Know
Renewable natural gas (RNG) is poised for a surge in M&A activity as investors chase climate‑friendly fuel credits and long‑term contracts. Analyst Dave Lindenmuth warns that while the sector offers strong ESG appeal, it also faces feedstock volatility, regulatory patchwork,...
How OpenClaw Became Google's Next Big AI Threat After ChatGPT
OpenClaw, an open‑source autonomous AI assistant, has surged in early 2026, offering messaging‑driven agents that operate locally on personal computers. The platform can create subordinate agents, manage files, and execute multistep tasks without constant cloud access, drawing praise from Nvidia’s...
The Death of the CV
DY/DX warns that AI‑generated résumés are stripping the CV of its signalling power, prompting firms to rethink hiring. While South African recruiters are adopting AI for bulk screening, the consultancy argues that keyword‑driven tools can miss high‑potential candidates with non‑linear...
Epson Adds Compact UV Flatbed Printer for Sign Shops
Epson has launched the SureColor V4000, a compact UV flatbed printer aimed at sign shops and custom‑gift producers. The machine offers a 27.5" × 38.5" print area, three PrecisionCore Micro TFP heads, and a 10‑color UltraChrome UV ink set that includes red,...
Last Turbines Arrive at One of Sunshine State’s Biggest Wind Projects, with a Big Battery Included
The final 41 turbines have arrived at Queensland’s Wambo wind farm, completing the 254 MW second stage and bringing the total capacity to 506 MW across 81 turbines. Stage one’s 252 MW is already connected to the grid, and the project includes a...
ARK Invest Is Betting on Underdog Drone Delivery Company Manna to Beat Out Alphabet and Zipline
Manna, the Irish drone‑delivery startup, closed a $50 million Series B round led by ARK Invest, bringing total funding to $110 million. The company has already completed more than 250,000 deliveries in Ireland, Finland and Texas and partners with Uber, DoorDash, Deliveroo and Just Eat....
Microsoft Finally Begins Removing Copilot From Notepad on Windows 11 — but the AI Still Persists
Microsoft has begun stripping the Copilot brand from Windows 11 apps, starting with Notepad. The latest Insider build removes the Copilot icon and renames the AI menu to “writing tools,” while preserving the underlying functionality. Settings now list the AI toggle...
OpenAI Halts Stargate UK Data Centre Project
OpenAI announced it is suspending the construction of its Stargate data centre in the United Kingdom, a project originally slated to cost roughly £200 million (about $250 million). The facility was intended to house some of the world’s most powerful AI compute...
Hugging Face's Safetensors, Meta's Helion Join PyTorch Foundation
The PyTorch Foundation announced that Meta’s Helion DSL and Hugging Face’s Safetensors format have joined its portfolio of open‑source AI projects. Helion provides a domain‑specific language for writing custom machine‑learning kernels, while Safetensors delivers a fast, secure tensor serialization method....
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB Awards Contract for Digital MSK Self-Management
The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a two‑year, £206,692 (≈ $263,000) contract to getUBetter for a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) self‑management platform. The app, a Class 1 medical device certified by DTAC, will be embedded across...
The Clock Is Ticking: Coal Is Down, Prices Have Fallen, but Wind Projects Are Very, Very Late
Australia’s National Electricity Market is seeing coal’s share dip below 50% and evening‑peak prices fall sharply, driven by growing battery capacity and reduced coal generation. However, the anticipated wind build‑out is stalling, with developers missing final investment decisions and construction...
Document Management for UK Accountants: Why an Intelligent Workspace Beats a Patchwork of Tools
UK accounting firms are confronting a surge in document volume as Making Tax Digital for Income Tax goes live in April 2026. Most practices rely on a fragmented stack—IRIS, SharePoint, Outlook, DocuSign—leading to version‑control headaches and manual signing. SuiteFiles offers...
Italy ‘Definitely’ Most Attractive European Market for Solar Development
Jan‑Philip Kock, chief of staff at German IPP Encavis, said Italy is the most attractive European market for solar‑only projects, citing strong industrial demand, high gas‑driven power prices and the government’s Energy Release scheme that subsidises electricity for renewable investors....
Zephyr Energy Loses £700K in Cyber Hit that Rerouted Contractor Payment
Zephyr Energy plc disclosed a cyber‑fraud incident that diverted about £700,000 (≈$890,000) from a routine contractor payment to an attacker‑controlled account. The attack, described as “highly sophisticated,” hit a U.S. subsidiary but left day‑to‑day operations intact. Zephyr promptly involved law...
The Hidden Security Risks of Shadow AI in Enterprises
The article warns that shadow AI—unauthorized artificial‑intelligence tools adopted by employees—creates hidden security gaps in enterprises. A 2024 Salesforce survey shows 55% of workers use AI solutions outside IT approval, exposing data to external platforms. These tools can leak credentials,...
The Diverse Responsibilities of a Principal Software Engineer
Liberty IT’s principal software engineer Sarah Whelan leads data pipeline enablement and experimentation, delivering reliable datasets for product and analytics teams. Her day blends technical design—creating reusable patterns, observability tools, and testing frameworks—with cross‑functional collaboration and mentorship. Whelan also co‑chairs...
Will ChatGPT Ads Become a Meaningful Part of the Performance Media Mix?
ChatGPT advertising is entering the performance media arena, drawing early spend thanks to its large, intent‑rich audience. The article argues that lasting budget allocation will depend less on user numbers and more on the ability to measure outcomes against other...
Artemis Flight Day 8: “Bubble Wrap Nominal”
Artemis II’s Flight Day 8 focused on validating return‑flight operations as the Orion crew approached Earth. A minor bulkhead issue—likely expanded bubble wrap—was resolved, prompting Mission Control to confirm “bubble wrap nominal.” The crew conducted a manual tail‑to‑Sun maneuver to gather guidance,...
Waters Expands Cervical Cancer Screening Access with At-Home HPV Test Approval
The U.S. FDA has cleared the Onclarity HPV Self‑Collection Kit and approved the BD Onclarity HPV Assay for at‑home cervical cancer screening. The kit detects every high‑risk HPV genotype, delivering both individual and pooled results, and is processed on the...
How to Use Real-World Data to Improve Drug Development, Starting with the Patient Journey
A new eBook from PurpleLab and MedCity News highlights how real‑world data (RWD) can expose hidden gaps in the non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient journey, such as missed biomarker testing and transportation barriers. Recent state legislation now requires insurers...
Yospace Tops 10 Billion Monthly Ad Insertions Amid Streaming Growth
Yospace reported a historic month, stitching over 10 billion ads and delivering 11.6 billion one‑to‑one addressable impressions—a 35% year‑on‑year rise. The growth was fueled by a dense international sports schedule, including Six Nations and the start of the 2026 Formula One season. Yospace...
GigaDevice Names ACP Distribution Partner for Brazil
GigaDevice, a leading semiconductor maker, has appointed ACP Componentes Eletrônicos as its strategic long‑term distribution partner for Brazil. ACP will handle the full GigaDevice portfolio—including flash memory, specialty DRAM, 32‑bit MCUs, sensors and analog products—across all 26 Brazilian states. The...
Sora Fuel Raises $14.6 Million to Produce Jet Fuel From Air, Water, and Clean Energy
Climate‑tech startup Sora Fuel announced a $14.6 million financing round to accelerate its air‑to‑fuel technology that converts water, ambient CO₂ and renewable electricity into carbon‑negative jet fuel. The Boston‑based company claims its integrated direct‑air‑capture process can capture CO₂ for under $50...
India's Data Center Boom a Bottomless Pit
India’s data‑centre market is surging, with projected investment exceeding $100 billion by 2027 and capacity slated to hit 10 GW by 2030. AI, 5G and data‑localisation rules are driving the growth, but the build‑out will demand an extra 40 TWh of power, pushing...
Intruder Expands Cloud Security with Agentless Container Image Scanning
Intruder introduced Container Image Scanning, an agent‑less service that automatically checks container images for vulnerabilities across AWS Elastic Container Registry, Google Artifact Registry and Azure Container Registry. The feature runs daily, prioritizing active tags and presenting findings alongside other attack‑surface...
Sateliot Seeks €100M in Latest Funding Round
Sateliot, the Spanish low‑Earth‑orbit (LEO) satellite operator, has opened a Series C round seeking roughly $108 million to finance the launch of 16 additional 5G‑capable satellites. The company already has six satellites in orbit and plans to add five more this year,...
Argentum AI Selects Rafay for Infrastructure Orchestration
Argentum AI has chosen the Rafay Platform to orchestrate its rapidly expanding AI infrastructure portfolio, which spans more than 3 GW of power across the U.S., Europe and other regions. The unified software‑orchestration layer lets Argentum provision customized GPU compute environments...
The Top Priority for Adobe’s Next CEO? Prepping for the ‘Age of Agents’
Adobe announced that longtime CEO Shantanu Narayen will step down after 18 years, triggering a board search for a successor. Analysts say the top priority for the next leader will be reshaping Adobe’s portfolio for the emerging "agentic AI" era,...
CoreWeave, Meta Strike Another $21 Billion Deal for AI Computing
CoreWeave Inc. has inked a new $21 billion agreement to provide AI‑cloud capacity to Meta Platforms through December 2032. The contract builds on a prior $14.2 billion deal that ran until the end of 2021, extending the partnership by an additional year. Compute...
AI Semiconductor Market to Reach USD 1.1 Trillion by 2035
The AI semiconductor market is set to exceed $1.1 trillion by 2035, according to a new industry report. Valued at roughly $102.8 billion in 2025, it is expected to grow at a 27‑33% compound annual growth rate. Growth is fueled by expanding...
Guidance: MOD Law Enforcement Privacy Notices
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has updated its Law Enforcement Privacy Notices, originally published in January 2024, to clarify how personal data is processed for policing and security purposes. The April 2026 revision renamed the notice, expanded the "Details" section, and...
Media Distillery Targets Sports Streamers with New Engagement Platform
Media Distillery unveiled an AI‑driven Sports Engagement Suite that automates highlights, real‑time key‑moment detection, chapter navigation, and related shoulder content. The platform aims to ease the labor‑intensive workflow of packaging sports coverage for broadcasters and streaming services. Football will be...
Digital Goods Could Now Face Tariffs
After three decades of WTO protection, the moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions lapsed on March 31, 2026. Brazil and Turkey blocked consensus to extend the rule, leaving the door open for individual nations to levy tariffs on software, digital...
FCA Imposes Restrictions on Bazar Money Transfer Limited
On 21 November 2025 the FCA imposed restrictions on Bazar Money Transfer Limited, preventing it from providing regulated payment services. The firm failed to meet registration conditions as a small payment institution, prompting the regulator’s protective action. After BMTL’s representations,...
How LECO Process Could Push TOPCon Solar Cell Efficiency Beyond 26%
Researchers at UNSW and Chinese specialist Laplace have demonstrated that laser‑enhanced contact optimization (LECO) can lift industrial TOPCon solar cell efficiency beyond 26%. By applying intense laser pulses to under‑fired contacts while maintaining a reverse bias, LECO dramatically lowers contact...
UK to Require 62,000 New Rapid Chargers by 2030 to Meet EV Demand
Knight Frank’s latest report warns that the UK will need an extra 62,000 rapid EV chargers by 2030, requiring roughly 1,900 acres of land. The country’s electric‑vehicle fleet is expected to swell to 7.6 million vehicles, representing about 20% of all...
Reusable "Skills" Are Coming To Gemini In Chrome
Google has introduced a new "Skills" button to Gemini in Chrome, currently available in Chrome Canary. The feature lets users save a prompt as a reusable skill and summon it later with a slash command. Google also ships a few pre‑built...
How Cleantech Companies Can Reach More Buyers Online
Cleantech firms face unusually long, multi‑stakeholder sales cycles that demand educational, trust‑building digital outreach. Buyers now start research online, with 89% of B2B inquiries originating from search engines, shaping preferences before any vendor contact. The article advises creating high‑intent, solution‑specific...
How Temu Gave a Quokka Coffee the Boost It Needed
Quokka Coffee, a two‑person UK coffee startup, listed its products on Temu in August 2025 and quickly saw the platform become a vital sales channel. Within five months Temu accounts for roughly 15% of the company’s orders—about 20 weekly shipments—and...
Google’s CEO Predicts Search Will Become An AI Agent Manager via @Sejournal, @Martinibuster
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said search is evolving from a simple results list into an AI‑driven agent manager that can plan, execute, and coordinate tasks. He envisions future queries becoming "agentic" searches where multiple AI agents run in parallel to...
How AI and Data Analytics Are Driving Payout Optimization Across Platforms
Payout optimization has shifted from a back‑office task to a real‑time business imperative, with AI and analytics now guiding speed, cost, and fraud decisions. Global real‑time payments surged 42% in 2023 and are projected to exceed 511 billion transactions by 2028,...
North West Accelerates Digital Shift with SmartGov Rollout
The North West province of South Africa launched its SmartGov platform across all departments on April 1, shifting from paper‑based to integrated digital administration. The rollout includes migration to Microsoft 365, Azure cloud, real‑time dashboards and strengthened cybersecurity, aiming to streamline procurement,...
Mastering Extremes: The UAS Trio that Could Tackle Latin America’s Diverse Needs
At FIDAE 2026 in Santiago, Airbus unveiled three uncrewed aerial systems—Flexrotor, Aliaca and SIRTAP—designed to meet Latin America’s varied terrain and mission sets. Flexrotor’s VTOL design and 12‑hour endurance make it ideal for wildfire monitoring and maritime ISR. Aliaca offers rapid...
Zhipu AI's GLM-5.1 Can Rethink Its Own Coding Strategy Across Hundreds of Iterations
Zhipu AI released GLM-5.1 under an MIT license, an open‑weight model that can self‑revise its coding strategy across hundreds of iterations. In internal tests it generated 21,500 queries per second on a vector‑database benchmark—a six‑fold improvement over Claude Opus 4.6—and delivered...
